Re: Guns cause suicide?

While I was fishing in the dull canal, Scout crept softly
through the vegetation, mumbling - 

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> "Karl Hungus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> "AH#49" <"AssholeT#49"@ your.net> wrote in message
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>> > Karl Hungus wrote:
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>> > > "Some Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> > > > Thats disingenuous. Nobody is saying such a thing. A
>> > > > suicidal person 
>> with
>> > > a
>> > > > gun is much more likely to die than a suicidal
>> > > > person without a gun. 
>> > >
>> > > True.
>> >
>> > Not true.
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>> My bad.  I was trying to make the point that a gun is a
>> more effective 
> means
>> of offing oneself than some other means, but that suicide
>> remains means independent.
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> and some other methods are more effective....in the end
> it's basically a wash, and the rate remains unchanged.

Of course none of you do, or can, cite actual research 
supporting your assertions.

-- 
Argumentum ad ignorantiam
Examples: Since you cannot prove that ghosts do not exist, 
they must exist.
Stephen Downes Guide to the Logical Fallacies